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Novel Coronavirus – General Advice

The situation regarding Coronavirus continues to change very rapidly and the list of designated risk countries has expanded. The most up to date list is at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

This site has general information for the public and is updated daily.

The risk to people in this country remains low.

Across the UK, some pupils (and staff) may have returned from China or other designated risk areas after half term. Unless from Wuhan or Hubei province, pupils (or staff) who have returned from these designated risk areas and who have no symptoms may attend school as usual.

Any pupil who develops respiratory symptoms including cough, fever or shortness of breath within 14 days of return from one of the designated risk countries should stay at home and seek medical attention by phone with their GP (in hours) or NHS 24 on 111 (out of hours).

NHS Lothian – Winter 2019/20 Respiratory Illness

NHS Lothian have seen a large number of respiratory outbreaks in nurseries and schools in the past few weeks. These have caused service disruption with staff shortages and many pupils being absent from school/nursery.

Parents can try to stop these respiratory viruses spreading at home – please read the following advice;

Key advice for parents and carers

In the home the risk of catching or spreading flu/cold like illness can be reduced by:

Children should not return to school until completely well and 48 hours after symptoms have stopped.

 

Smoke Free School Survey

Forrester High School is working with NHS Lothian towards becoming a smoke-free school.  As part of this work we will be creating and implementing a new smoke-free policy at Forrester High School.

We are gathering feedback from everyone involved in the school community to have their say on what is included in the smoke-free school policy including: pupils, staff and parents/guardians.

With that in mind, we ask that you answer the questions in our short survey  – see link below.  The survey is confidential and should take no more than 5 minutes to complete.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MJTQ3NZ

Thank you for your support.

 

NHS Lothian – Measles Alert

We are alerting you about a measles outbreaks which is sweeping across Europe and other parts of the world. The highest number of cases to date in 2018 are in Romania (2712), France (2173) Greece (1 948) and Italy (805) respectively.

Twenty two deaths have also been reported by these countries in 2018. Of particular concern is the situation in France and Italy where the numbers of cases are doubling monthly. In the previous year, 14 813 cases of measles were reported across Europe. Since this resurgence in 2016, there have been 49 deaths due to measles. (more…)